They’re playing the 2nd test in England and choose two spinners. In the first Innings Broad and Anderson combine for six wickets as they use the conditions perfectly. Then England lose early wickets and by the fall of the fifth wicket the visiting team hopes to limit the lead. The sixth wicket puts on nearly 200 as the spinners bowl without much effect and England declare with a lead over 250. The Visiting team loses all 10 wickets to seam in the 3rd Innings to lose by an Innings. The fourth Innings the spinners were picked for never materialises. India in 2018 messed up and were punished severely.
Interesting post. SA batted awfully in the first innings (only a late 36* from Rabada even got them past150), and never recovered from that. Picking the extra spinner to cash in on turn late in the game relies on the batters batting well enough that the game goes late, which this one didn't. For England Anderson and Robinson both bowled beautifully, Stokes was at his awesome best in all departments, and Foakes in his understated way had a superb match as well. SA certainly missed Jansen, and it mauy well have been better if they wanted two spinners to drop Ngidi who does nothing that Rabada/ Nortje cannot do at least as well.
Interesting post. SA batted awfully in the first innings (only a late 36* from Rabada even got them past150), and never recovered from that. Picking the extra spinner to cash in on turn late in the game relies on the batters batting well enough that the game goes late, which this one didn't. For England Anderson and Robinson both bowled beautifully, Stokes was at his awesome best in all departments, and Foakes in his understated way had a superb match as well. SA certainly missed Jansen, and it mauy well have been better if they wanted two spinners to drop Ngidi who does nothing that Rabada/ Nortje cannot do at least as well.